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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 22
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A Messianic Psalm of David—He foretells events in Messiah’s life—Messiah says: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?—They pierce his hands and feet—He shall yet govern among all nations.
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<center><span class='small'>TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON AIJELETH SHAHAR, A PSALM OF DAVID.</span></center>
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<sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 27: 46."><span class='smallcaps'>My</span></a> God, my God, why hast thou <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/22/1b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Despair; TG Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.">forsaken</a> me?  <i>why art thou so</i> far from helping me, <i>and from</i> <sup>c</sup><a href="ps/22/1c" mark="c" type="D" title="IE my cry of distress.">the</a> words of my roaring?
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O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
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But thou <i>art</i> holy, <i>O thou</i> that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
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Our fathers <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Trust in God.">trusted</a> in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
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They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
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But I <i>am</i> a worm, and no man; a <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Reproach.">reproach</a> of men, and <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/22/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 53: 3; 1 Ne. 19: 14; Mosiah 14: 3 (3-6).">despised</a> of the people.
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All they that see me laugh me to <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Luke 23: 35.">scorn</a>: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, <i>saying,</i>
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He <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 27: 43.">trusted</a> on the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>that</i> he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;9 
But thou <i>art</i> he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope <i>when I was</i> upon my mother’s breasts.
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I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou <i>art</i> my God from my mother’s belly.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;11 
Be not far from me; for trouble <i>is</i> near; for <i>there is </i>none to help.
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Many bulls have compassed me: strong <i>bulls</i> of Bashan have beset me round.
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They gaped upon me <i>with</i> their mouths, <i>as</i> a ravening and a roaring lion.
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I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 23: 9.">heart</a> is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
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My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
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For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/16a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Betrayal of.">wicked</a> have inclosed me: they <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/22/16b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about; TG Suffering.">pierced</a> my hands and my feet.
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I may tell all my bones: they look <i>and</i> stare upon me.
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They part my <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 27: 35; Mark 15: 24; Luke 23: 34; John 19: 24.">garments</a> among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
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But be not thou far from me, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: O my strength, <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Haste.">haste</a> thee to help me.
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Deliver my soul from the sword; <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/20a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE my life (idiom).">my</a> darling from the power of the dog.
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Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/21a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB bison, wild ox.">unicorns</a>.
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I will declare thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Heb. 2: 12.">name</a> unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
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Ye that fear the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
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For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
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My praise <i>shall be</i> of thee in the great <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Assembly for Worship.">congregation</a>: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
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The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
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All the ends of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/27a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG World.">world</a> shall remember and turn unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
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For the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 29: 11; Obad. 1: 21; D&C 6: 13.">kingdom</a> <i>is</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>’s: and he <i>is</i> the <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/22/28b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Governments.">governor</a> among the nations.
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All <i>they that be</i> fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Soul.">soul</a>.
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A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
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They shall come, and shall <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/22/31a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Preaching.">declare</a> his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done <i>this.</i>
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